# wasting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,018

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of waste

## Easily confused with
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-waving)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-waxing)
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-writing)
- **wishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-wishing)
- **whiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-whiting)
- **wetting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-wetting)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-wasting)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wasting)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wasting)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waring-vs-wasting)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wasting)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-wasting)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warning-vs-wasting)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-wasting)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washing-vs-wasting)
- **warming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-wasting)
- **warring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-wasting)
- **wailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wailing-vs-wasting)
- **wagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wagging-vs-wasting)
- **warping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warping-vs-wasting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`awsting`, `wasitng`, `wassting`, `wastign`, `wastingg`, `wastinng`, `wastnig`, `wastting`, `watsing`, `wsating`, `wwasting`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wasting